HUNNICUTT, Rev. Charles Puffer^{[1, 2, 3]}

1859 - 1939  (80 years)

• Name	HUNNICUTT, Charles Puffer
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	9 Jan 1859	Monmouth, IL   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Adopted	Bef 1906
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 91434269
  Name	Charles Hunnicutt Puffer  [4]
  Name	Charles Puffer
  Residence	1917	Stafford, CT   [4]
  	Age: 58
  _COLOR	11
  Death	12 Apr 1939	Glastonbury, CT   [5]
  Burial	Stafford, CT
  	Address: Stafford Street Cemetery
  Person ID	I15029	Puffers
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	HUNNICUTT, George W.,   b. Abt 1820, KY d. 30 Sep 1898, IA (Age 78 years)
  Mother	PUFFER, Betsey Ann,   b. Apr 1822, Brimfield, MA d. 27 Mar 1859, Monmouth, IL (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	3 Jan 1858	Warren County, IL   [6]
  Family ID	F2109	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	DWYER, Sarah Eleanor A.,   b. 13 Feb 1861, Boston, MA d. 17 Feb 1952, Stafford, CT (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	2 Jan 1884	Boston, MA   [7]
  Divorce	6 Apr 1909	Boston, MA
  	The separation and subsequent divorce was based on a unique legal agreement between them. A 3 year separation was agreed to, during which, neither party was to say anything disparaging about the other. The agreement stipulated Mrs. Puffer be paid $75 a month during the 3 years and to receive $7000 at the divorce. The grounds for the divorce was "incompatibility".
  Children	1. PUFFER, Charles George,   b. 28 Sep 1883, Stafford, CT d. 21 Jul 1964, Pima County, AZ (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F8258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	DUVALL, Viola L.,   b. CA 1875, Ontario, Canada d. 1944, CT (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1907	CA
  Children	1. PUFFER, Hazel Viola,   b. 1897, Canada d. Aft 1920 (Age > 24 years)
  Family ID	F10888	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  He was adopted by George Metcalf and Laura A. Temple Puffer, brother and sister-in-law to his mother, Betsey Ann Puffer. After adoption, changed his name to Charles Hunnicutt Puffer. He resided at Stafford, CT. He was ordained in Stoughton, MA in 1890. Installed as pastor of the First Universalist Church, Salem, MA in Jun 1893. The congregation grew considerably and he was very successful. In 1892 he inherited the Puffer property in Connecticut, becoming well off. At the church’s semi-centennial in 1909, he was given fulsome praise. He and his family resided at 11 Piedmont Street, Salem. In early 1907, however, the Puffers’ life became a real drama. Sarah, or Eleanor, as she liked to be called, returned from a trip and found the maid gone, dismissed by Charles and replaced by Mrs Viola Empey, who had immigrated in 1905 from Canada with her husband Edward and daughter Hazel. He was sued for alienation of affection by E. A. Empy for $25,000. Empys wife was formerly the housekeeper in the Puffer house. His profession is listed as "Elocutionist" in the Boston, Town and Vital Records.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 181, 279. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 181, 278. [S623] Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012. [S473] Connecticut Military Census, 1917. [S1222] Connecticut State Library Death Records to 1968. [S783] Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 279.